wow!! this tourney is turning out to be awesome! a majority of the top 10 are here….now all we need is gomi to sign up!

That is awesome! I am very happy to arleady see EliteXC and DREAM working together, in DREAM’s first ever event nonetheless. The flood gates of cross-promoting are now open and the UFC wants no part of it.

Cro Cop went over to fight a couple of bums to build up his confidence and put together a winning streak. Cro Cop vs Kimbo, anybody?

Back to Alvarez, his fight in ShoXC was the first time I had ever seen him fight (I don’t watch BoDog fight) and he has very fast hands. Is this DREAM event going to be available to watch live here in the US, ie, is it going to be on PPV, or viewable over the web?

I had a Dream last night that I could care less.

off topic but Tito got fired yesterday on the apprentice , I had never seen the show and yesterday I was flipping thru channels and found it, I was surprised to see that after he was fired Donald Trump couldnt stop talking about how special he was and even donated 50 gs to Titos foundation, Donalt Trump kept saying that Tito was gonna do big things in the bussiness world, I was impressed I knew he could sell a fight like no other but damn I guess hes a good bussiness man overall, I wouldnt be surprised if Trump offers him some kind of job, Hell myb Trump will start his own MMA league and Tito will be president .

I heard that Joachim Hansen was wanted by the UFC but turned them down because of the way they destroyed PRIDE and that it had nothing to do with money. Same with Denis Kang. I think that there will always be room for multiple mma orgs in the world. I don’t watch IFL, I occasionally watch Bodog, I love WEC but I will definately watch EliteXC on CBS.

denis kang just wants to be a k-1 guy thats all.

[quote comment=”334244″]That is awesome! I am very happy to arleady see EliteXC and DREAM working together, in DREAM’s first ever event nonetheless. The flood gates of cross-promoting are now open and the UFC wants no part of it.

Cro Cop went over to fight a couple of bums to build up his confidence and put together a winning streak. Cro Cop vs Kimbo, anybody?

Back to Alvarez, his fight in ShoXC was the first time I had ever seen him fight (I don’t watch BoDog fight) and he has very fast hands. Is this DREAM event going to be available to watch live here in the US, ie, is it going to be on PPV, or viewable over the web?[/quote]

I am estatic about this whole thread. The only thing that would make this tournament better would be Takanori Gomi. Also if I were the UFC, I would consider sending a lightweight representative over to Japan to represent the UFC in the Grand Prix. I am not saying to send over BJ or Sean Sherk, but they could send over a tough American wrestler like Edgar who has the ability to win it all. I think its a bad idea for the UFC to just sit back and watch such an amazing lightweight tournament and not send over 1 of its fighters.

VM: I am wondering the same thing…will it be ob pay per view? TV? Web? will the DVD be released in America? I would appreciate it if anyone has any answers to these question.

[quote comment=”334229″]wow!! this tourney is turning out to be awesome! a majority of the top 10 are here….now all we need is gomi to sign up![/quote]

Not going to happen because he is booked to fight BANG ludwig at world victory Road in March!

I agree. I think there’s plenty of room for multiple MMA organizations. Dream is definitely hitting the ground running. There’s also World Victory Road and M-1, but seems like Dream is the most organized post-Pride.

WEC is great, especially with people like Paulo Filho and Faber. Will definitely check out EliteXC once it’s on CBS. And who knows maybe CBS can pick up Dream, too, but that’s just wishful thinking.

Kang got offered a ginormous contract by K-1. UFC shutting down Pride had nothing to do with it.

[quote comment=”334555″][quote comment=”334244″]That is awesome! I am very happy to arleady see EliteXC and DREAM working together, in DREAM’s first ever event nonetheless. The flood gates of cross-promoting are now open and the UFC wants no part of it.

Cro Cop went over to fight a couple of bums to build up his confidence and put together a winning streak. Cro Cop vs Kimbo, anybody?

Back to Alvarez, his fight in ShoXC was the first time I had ever seen him fight (I don’t watch BoDog fight) and he has very fast hands. Is this DREAM event going to be available to watch live here in the US, ie, is it going to be on PPV, or viewable over the web?[/quote]

I am estatic about this whole thread. The only thing that would make this tournament better would be Takanori Gomi. Also if I were the UFC, I would consider sending a lightweight representative over to Japan to represent the UFC in the Grand Prix. I am not saying to send over BJ or Sean Sherk, but they could send over a tough American wrestler like Edgar who has the ability to win it all. I think its a bad idea for the UFC to just sit back and watch such an amazing lightweight tournament and not send over 1 of its fighters.

VM: I am wondering the same thing…will it be ob pay per view? TV? Web? will the DVD be released in America? I would appreciate it if anyone has any answers to these question.[/quote]

this is a awsome event and i agree with you john the ufc would be smart to send one of there l.w. over to compete in it.edgar would be a great choice i think he could do well in it and only make the ufc look better.

i think dida’s got this one. Hopefully the whole card will show up on youtube like yerrenoka did.

KIMBO VS FEDOR!!!! GARY SHAW MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

[quote comment=”334672″]KIMBO VS FEDOR!!!! GARY SHAW MAKE IT HAPPEN!!![/quote]
The sad thing is, I could see Fedor taking that fight.
But it wouldn’t happen.

I’m starting to wonder why the heck did the UFC brass even buy Pride. After the buy out, they weren’t able to secure all of Pride’s top horses. Sure the UFC now owns Pride’s banner, history, marketing, etc. Bu what use was it when Pride’s top fighter, Fedor, didn’t come with the package.

Mix these upstart promotions getting together and creating good fightcards, plus the discontent of UFC fighters’ contracts, and top name fighters not signing with the UFC = shakey times ‘inside the octagon’.

[quote comment=”334706″]I’m starting to wonder why the heck did the UFC brass even buy Pride. After the buy out, they weren’t able to secure all of Pride’s top horses. Sure the UFC now owns Pride’s banner, history, marketing, etc. Bu what use was it when Pride’s top fighter, Fedor, didn’t come with the package.

Mix these upstart promotions getting together and creating good fightcards, plus the discontent of UFC fighters’ contracts, and top name fighters not signing with the UFC = shakey times ‘inside the octagon’.[/quote]

i due think the ufc got burned on that one,they have the name and tapes got a few fighters but it seems pride is starting back up under a different name and once contracts are up fighters will go where they want,alot will stay in the ufc but some might just head back to japan.

We should thank Dana for funding DREAM. I can’t wait to see the new Pride show.

Delay the Florian and Lauzon fight and send both of them Dana. Show the world how good the UFC lws are.

[quote comment=”334598″][quote comment=”334555″][quote comment=”334244″]That is awesome! I am very happy to arleady see EliteXC and DREAM working together, in DREAM’s first ever event nonetheless. The flood gates of cross-promoting are now open and the UFC wants no part of it.

Cro Cop went over to fight a couple of bums to build up his confidence and put together a winning streak. Cro Cop vs Kimbo, anybody?

Back to Alvarez, his fight in ShoXC was the first time I had ever seen him fight (I don’t watch BoDog fight) and he has very fast hands. Is this DREAM event going to be available to watch live here in the US, ie, is it going to be on PPV, or viewable over the web?[/quote]

I am estatic about this whole thread. The only thing that would make this tournament better would be Takanori Gomi. Also if I were the UFC, I would consider sending a lightweight representative over to Japan to represent the UFC in the Grand Prix. I am not saying to send over BJ or Sean Sherk, but they could send over a tough American wrestler like Edgar who has the ability to win it all. I think its a bad idea for the UFC to just sit back and watch such an amazing lightweight tournament and not send over 1 of its fighters.

VM: I am wondering the same thing…will it be ob pay per view? TV? Web? will the DVD be released in America? I would appreciate it if anyone has any answers to these question.[/quote]

this is a awsome event and i agree with you john the ufc would be smart to send one of there l.w. over to compete in it.edgar would be a great choice i think he could do well in it and only make the ufc look better.[/quote]

I thought Edgar would be a good choice because he is tough as nails. he is a big wrestler for a lightweight who will be big and strong because many of the fighters in the tournament dont cut weight. Also he is booked to fight Maynard, who I am a fan of but is a step down in competition for Edgar. Might as well scratch the Edgar/Maynard fight and send Edgar to Japan. He is very skilled at everything, would be one of the bigger and stronger fighters in the tournament and he is very mentally tough.

Another good choice for a UFC representative would be Joe Daddy stevenson. He just lost his title shot, so he has to climb back up the latter, why not send him over there to pound a couple dudes out?

Edgar or Stevenson would have a great shot at winning the grand prix because of their wrestling. Can u imagine them fighting Japan where knees to the head (on the ground) are allowed? They could seriously bust some heads with Knees to the head added to their outstanding wrestling and submissions.

Lets face it, in most world rankings, the UFC lightweight fighters dont get much respect. Sending a UFC lightweight over to Japan to upset some of those highly Ranked lightweights would be great for the UFC.

In the world rankings, out of all the divisions, the UFC has the least amount of top ten fighters in the lightweight division. This is the perfect opportunity to gain some world wide respect for the UFC lightweight division!